Toothless

It's taken awhile but we've finally lost our first tooth! I cannot tell you how sad I was when Lillee came home and said it was very loose. She grabbed an apple on our way out the door to church and OUCH! We happened to pass April on the way to pick up Katelin and she said she was an expert tooth puller. Lillee said she'd think on it at church and maybe come by later. THREE hours later we pulled into her driveway. She tried to get it with a washcloth but said she really needed a baby washcloth to get a firm grip. We piled everybody back in the car and came to our house. After locating the baby cloth and some pliers the dentist was ready to begin. Lillee was so brave. She didn't cry at all. Through shaky words she did tell me to prepare some salt water for her! On the second try it popped right out.

Lillee even opted for Ms. April's twisty hairdo for the occasion. Bax was very quiet, sitting back drinking his Diet Dr. Pepper.

Luckily, Ms. Amy brought Lillee the cutest Tooth Fairy owl pillow a couple of weeks ago so we were very prepared. She put her tooth in and finally went to sleep. Five a.m. this morning the thunder and lightening were so terrible that she came to our room and announced loudly the tooth fairy had come and left $5 but didn't take her tooth...so I was a little sleepy last night? I told her that maybe the tooth fairy got scared off by the storm and had to fly out quickly. So at 6:30 when the storms calmed she must have flown back for the treasured tooth!

She is getting so big! I think she's a little old to have just lost her first tooth but she can stay little as long as she likes.